Wood Bevington Manor

Heritage listing

Details SALFORD PRIORS SPO5SE 5/122 WOOD BEVINGTON Wood Bevington Manor 01/02/67 II* House, now flats. Early or mid C16, possibly for William Grey. Drastically remodelled 1821 by Pain, an architect or builder. Timber framed: centre has close studding with rendered infill to 1st floor and small amount of studding with C20 brick infill to ground floor. Cross wings and cove throughout roughcast, originally applied c 1790 (V.C.H.). Old tile roof and brick chimneys; big external stack of stone and thin bricks with two tall diagonally set square brick shafts to left return side. H-plan. Two storeys, eight-window range. Entrance in right re-entrant angle has C16 studded door with simple C18 wood pilasters (V.C.H.), and mid C19 Gothic open timber porch. Iron cross windows with elaborate glazing pattern, probably of 1821; two small single lights on first floor in re-entrant angles. Cross wings each of two-windows; right wing has only one window on ground floor. Centre has one three-light ground-floor window. Left side has close studding: Left end projects, with two adjacent gables having decorative tension bracing. C20 windows and French casement. Rear and right side mostly of 1821, with alterations. One timber framed gable to rear. Interior noted as having: Hall with inglenook fireplace with moulded bressumer and C17 or early C18 panelled door. Room in left wing has panelling said to be early C17. Room over hall reputed to have C18 bolection panelling and contemporary fireplace. Part of left wing said to have roof structure of c 1500 (V.C.H.). Wood Bevington Manor was centre for Catholic activities in the C17. This entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 18 January 2018. Legacy The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System number: 30

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.